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  • Photo of the Day: Smulders Lines Up Scottish Projects’ Jackets in Newcastle

    13 November 2017

    Smulders has published a photo of its Newscastle site at night, housing jacket foundations for the Beatrice and Aberdeen Bay offshore wind farms that find their mirror in the Tyne river.

  • UK: Low Level Ground Contamination Found by EOWDC Developers

    28 August 2013
    Environment

    Partners behind economically strategic offshore wind development promise to improve environment near Blackdog if substation proposal approved. Site investigations carried out near Blackdog, Aberdeenshire, as part of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) development have shown, as predicted by the project partners, low level tracesof asbestos in the ground. The findingsof a detailed report […]

  • JDR Inks EOWDC Cable Deal

    13 December 2016

    VBMS, part of Boskalis, has awarded JDR with a contract for the supply of 66kV inter-array and export cables for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). JDR will supply more than 20 kilometres of inter-array and export cables, including the first deployment of its 66kV technology, as well as associated accessories. “This contract demonstrates JDR’s […]

  • EOWDC Partners Welcome Scottish Government’s Consent Approval

    26 March 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The project partners behind the ground-breaking European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) have welcomed the Scottish Government’s decision to approve consent for the project. The cutting-edge project is a demonstration facility for next generation wind turbines and associated technology. With expected capital expenditure of more than £230 million, the EOWDC would prove to be a […]

  • Trump’s Eyesore Prepping for Construction Phase

    8 March 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Offshore works have started off Aberdeen Bay in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), the project company, Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited (AOWFL), informed. The geotechnical site investigation will take place at each of the EOWDC’s 11 turbine locations to assess the seabed, with the data acquired being used […]

  • UK: EOWDC Developers to Host Public Exhibition

    29 January 2013

    Developers of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) are planning to host a public exhibition on January 31, 2013, at the White Horse Inn, Balmedie, Aberdeenshire, from 7pm to 9pm writes Ellon Times. This follows the announcement earlier this month that the planning application for the cable route and substation compound on land to […]

  • UK: EOWDC Scheme Amended

    5 December 2013
    Wind Farm Update

    The schedule for a cutting-edge offshore wind demonstration scheme off the north east coast has been amended to help secure the development’s future, the project’s backers said. Vattenfall and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), the shareholders in Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd (AOWFL) – the company behind the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) […]

  • Vattenfall’s EOWDC FID Does Not Stop Trump

    22 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    Even though Vattenfall yesterday informed it made a final investment decision to build the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), this did not mark an end of the fight against the project for Donald Trump, whose company Trump International Golf Links said it will file “formal written objections” in an effort to stop the project’s construction.  Trump plans to start another […]

  • EOWDC Onshore Work Wind Planing Permission

    23 July 2014
    Authorities

    Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Ltd was granted planning permission for its onshore work for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). In November last year, Aberdeenshire Council refused the planning permission for two substations, access road and installation of an underground cable between the substation compound and Mean Low Water Springs. The council said that […]

  • Vattenfall Kicks Off EOWDC Environmental Research Programme

    25 August 2016
    Authorities, Business & Finance, R&D, Technology, Training & Education, Wind Farm Update

    Swedish energy company Vattenfall has invited applications for funding under a EUR 3 million scientific research programme at the company’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland, to understand the impacts of offshore wind on the environment. A scientific panel has been assembled to advise on the allocation of the funding to study the environment around […]

  • Vattenfall Preps First EOWDC Funding

    6 June 2018
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall is currently working on setting up the GBP 150,000-per-year scheme as part of its European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) community fund, with the first call for funding proposals expected this autumn.

  • EDS Completes Aberdeen Bay Work

    12 October 2018
    Grid Connection, Jobs & Recruitment, Wind Farm Update

    EDS HV Group has completed its scope of work at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen offshore wind farm.

  • MHI Vestas 8MW Wind Turbines to Spin at EOWDC

    14 July 2016
    Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has been selected as a preferred supplier of wind turbines for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm Limited (AOWFL), the company behind the project consisting of Vattenfall and Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG), has nominated MHI Vestas to supply the V164-8.0 MW turbines. Boskalis has been named the preferred […]

  • Trump Tries to Block Substation at Blackdog (UK)

    16 September 2013

    U.S. real estate mogul Donald Trump is yet again ready to resort to legal action against offshore wind development offshore Aberdeen coast, The Press and Journal writes. Namely, Trump has already tried to block the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) by saying that he will halt the development of his second golf course, five-star […]

  • Smulders Wins EOWDC Foundations Contract

    31 January 2017
    Technology, Wind Farm Update

    Smulders Projects has won a contract to manufacture and assemble suction bucket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC). The company will manufacture lower parts of jacket structures and carry out the final assembly of the 11 foundations at its manufacturing facility in Newcastle which Smulders acquired from fabricator, OGN Group, at the end […]

  • Last EOWDC Turbine Installed, Inter-Array Cabling Nearing Completion

    28 May 2018
    Wind Farm Update

    The eleventh and final MHI Vestas turbine was erected on 26 May at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), where the inter-array cable installation works are also coming to an end, thus moving the project to the final commissioning phase before it generates its first power later this summer. 

  • Boskalis Harbours EOWDC Foundations at Peterhead Port

    10 August 2017
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Boskalis has awarded Peterhead Port Authority with a contract to harbour the suction bucket jacket foundations for the 11-turbine European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • Photo of the Day: First EOWDC Suction Buckets at Peterhead Port

    23 March 2018
    Operations & Maintenance, Ports & Logistics, Wind Farm Update

    The first two suction bucket jacket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) have arrived at Peterhead Port, UK.

  • Vattenfall Puts Bird Monitoring on Radar

    25 June 2019
    Environment

    The next phase of environmental research at the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off the Aberdeenshire coast is scheduled to start next week after Vattenfall appointed a Scottish specialist to carry out the studies. The Edinburgh-based team of RPS Consulting and Danish-based DHI Group will deploy radar-camera based digital technology to monitor the flight patterns and […]

  • Murphy Hired for EOWDC Onshore Works

    19 August 2016
    Grid Connection, Wind Farm Update

    J. Murphy & Sons has been appointed to carry out the onshore work for the European Offshore Deployment Centre (EOWDC), also known as the Aberdeen Offshore Wind Farm (AOWF). This includes the pre-construction design, onshore cabling, construction of a substation, and connecting the wind farm to the national grid so that it can begin operations from […]

  • First Local Suppliers Bag EOWDC Contracts

    13 September 2016

    Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company behind the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC), has awarded the first local contracts for the project to three companies: Donside Safety, TVP Studios and Archer Marketing. On 9 September, a supply chain event was held to enable potential bidders for work on the 92.4MW project, also known as the […]

  • Smulders Piecing Together EOWDC Suction Bucket Jacket Foundations (Video)

    15 September 2017
    Wind Farm Update

    Belgian steel foundations specialist Smulders has shared a video showing the construction of the eleven suction bucket jacket foundations for Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) in Aberdeen Bay, Scotland.

  • Vattenfall Reveals Offshore Wind Research Projects

    20 June 2017
    Environment, R&D, Training & Education

    Swedish utility company Vattenfall has announced the first successful projects for its EUR 3 million research programme aimed at examining the environmental and socio-economic impacts of offshore wind farms.

  • UK: EOWDC Could Host Pioneering Turbine Foundations

    8 May 2013

    A major programme of offshore works are due to start tomorrow (Thursday, May 9) for the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) and which could lead to pioneering turbine foundation designs being developed at the more than £230million test facility. The programme involves a series of geotechnical boreholes being performed between 2.5km and 4km off […]

  • Fugro Wraps Up EOWDC Site Investigation off Aberdeen

    4 April 2016
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    Fugro has completed offshore works undertaken in preparation for full construction of the European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC) off Aberdeen, Scotland. Fugro started the geotechnical site investigation to assess the seabed at 11 turbine locations in early March. The data acquired will be used to inform the final design and micro-siting of the turbine foundations. […]

  • UK: Trump Takes EOWDC to Court

    17 May 2013

      American billionaire Donald Trump is taking European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre’s (EOWDC) development plan to court, writes the Associated Press. Namely, Trump is opposing this renewable energy development because, as he said, they will ruin the view from his luxury golf resort. The Trump Organization said Thursday it has lodged a petition with Scotland’s […]